English Language Arts Activities : Page 12

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

How can you get your child started if they're totally stumped? All it takes is a solid plan, man. Here's how to get started.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Test products which claim to reduce wrinkles, and determine which is the most effective. Test effectiveness over three weeks, using a sample of volunteers.

Show your teen how to create silly limericks--cheery comic verses that probably originated in Limerick, Ireland--of her own.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Make a photo essay! This fun middle school photography activity makes creative writing come to life by turning words into pictures.

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.